Originally Posted by Rose_P
Originally Posted by Farm Quilter
Another way to accomplish your goal is to draw your design once, put it on top of 5-6 layers of tissue and sew your design with your DSM without thread, just an old needle. You can use your original design many times before it falls apart. Using a copier to make several of your original is an option too, before you start "sewing" your design, just to make sure you have enough copies. I've done that with Golden Thread Papers and then used them on my longarm. They tear away easily.
This reminded me of a very old method I read about somewhere online not long ago. They would pierce their design on one sheet of paper this way, and then they would pin the paper down and rub chalk dust so that it would filter through the piercings to leave the marks on the fabric. I suspect it was kind of messy and hard to see, or maybe hard to wash out. It does have the advantages of one sheet being reusable and nothing between you and the fabric when you sew. Use an old needle if you sew paper because it will dull the needle.
Gosh I remember being taught that in high school, no longer works for me though, eyesight really bad. Now it's just easier to fmq